2010-12-17

中印：印度放棄 «一個中國» China-India: India leaves behind "One China Policy"

Shalimar Bagh शालीमार बाग़

Diplomats are expert at issuing statements that have no other purpose than to save face. The visit by Premier Wen Jiabao in India has produced one of the most wonderful ways of proclaiming that nothing has been accomplished. The two most populated countries of our planet have said they realize that there is a "mutual trust deficit" 信任赤字. Their solution is to "cooperate hand in hand for a mutual win-win."At first sight, this is what it appears to be. But China, having been recently less impressive than ever on the diplomatic front with its handling of Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize, is not being as convincing as before. Reacting to China's ignoring India's claims to Jammu and Kashmir查謨－喀什米爾邦 as an integral part of its territory, India's Prime Minister has stopped mentioning its commitment to the "One China Policy." Without even trying to be cynical, the Indian Express explains, that the basis for mutual cooperation between the two countries is "mutual respect and sensitivity for each other’s concerns and aspirations."